Golden Leaf Isn't Budget's Silver Bullet

N.C. legislators should keep the state's tobacco settlement money from going up in smoke. Several leaders in the state House of Representatives have proposed ...

Torbush Ready to Move On

Carl Torbush never abandoned his fighter's mentality. Torbush thought North Carolina's 52-7 lead at halftime of the season finale against Duke might ...

UNC Gets Triple-Double From Double Zero in Win

Brendan Haywood accomplished something Monday night that no North Carolina basketball player ever has. The 7-foot center messed around and got a triple-double. ...

Vote Recounts Confirm Wake County Winners

Wake County officials recently completed recounts in four contested races, without any of the controversy plaguing the presidential race recounts in ...

Bond-Funded Improvements Slated to Start Dec. 15

When North Carolina voters passed the $3.1 billion higher education bond referendum on Nov. 7, a sigh of relief was heard on campuses across the state. ...

Police Roundup- 12/5/00

<b>Officials Still Searching For Robbery Suspects</b> BB&T, located at 100 N. Elliott Road in Chapel Hill, was robbed at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. ...

Discussions Begin onUNC Court

The temperature outside was frigid, but the cold weather did not stop heated discussion about UNC's Honor Court proceedings from resuming Monday night. ...

Council ReservesAffordable Units In Chapel Ridge

Affordable housing in Chapel Hill has been hard to come by in recent years for both students and residents, but that problem is one the Town Council ...

Student Performs Heimlich, Saves 3-Year-Old

UNC junior Michele DeMarco never knew she would save a life by taking a new route home to avoid traffic one night. But because of her choice, one Fuquay-Varina ...

Franklin St. Bookstore Goes Online

Where The Avid Reader's windows at 462 W. Franklin St. once offered a view onto wooden shelves laden with books, they now boast a sign that proclaims ...

Reader Expresses Anger Over Columnist's Attack Of RHA, Area Director

TO THE EDITOR: Upon reading Mr. Monaco's Friday column "Letters from the Hard Drive's Edge," I was appalled and enraged. If Mr. Monaco had a problem with ...

Group Wants Local Control of Wetlands

By Sally Francis A state advisory committee is recommending that local governments have more control in wetland and stream management to stop the further ...

Freshman Pushes Her Limits at UNC

By Jermaine Caldwell Being smacked against a tree in a Dodge Neon and facing life-altering injuries has changed S.J.

Board of Elections Holding Info Session Tonight for Candidates

Giving Students A Ticket to Ride

In response to funding crunches and staffing shortages in UNC's Point-2-Point Xpress shuttle system, members of student government are undertaking efforts ...

Kirkpatrick's Finds New Home on Henderson Street

Kirkpatrick's, Chapel Hill's newest bar and formerly Henderson Street Bar &Grill, opened its doors Monday for the first time - sort of. Tim Kirkpatrick ...

Class Shares Findings on Environmental Racism

More than 40 students gathered Monday night to present research and talk trash about the controversy of the Eubanks Road landfill in Chapel Hill and the ...

Dilbert- 12/5/00

UNC, Duke Officials Seek Visionaries for Scholarship

UNC and Duke University administrators are busy riffling through applications to select the first recipients of a new full-ride scholarship aiming to ...